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<p>The MOJ has no procedures in place for offenders to be tagged by police services
during the covid-19 outbreak. The tagging of offenders released from custody as a
requirement of a licence or subject to court imposed electronic monitoring is carried
out by the Electronic Monitoring Service (EMS) not by police services during the covid-19
outbreak or otherwise. EMS is continuing to fulfil all the tagging requirements that
it is responsible for and its staff have been designated key workers as their work
is essential to the running of the justice system.</p><p> </p><p>Those being released
under the End of Custody Temporary Release scheme, which has been established for
low-risk offenders within two months of release, as part of the national plan to protect
the NHS and save lives, are being fitted with a GPS tag on release and are subject
to conditions requiring them to adhere to a curfew and the Government’s Covid-19 measures.</p>
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